Vanilla Orange Chia Pudding

Filling, naturally sweet and citrusy, this vanilla orange chia pudding is my favorite spring time go-to breakfast!

If you’re looking to change up your breakfast, routine, this vanilla orange chia pudding takes just minutes to make and is ready for you when you’re ready to eat in the morning. It’s full of fiber, creamy, delicious, and takes just moments to make. The best part? You make it the night before and in the morning, you just grab and go. It can’t be easier!

How To Get This Recipe Right

There is ONE crucial step to make this recipe stellar from the beginning, because while it is easy, its also easy to mess up.

You must use a jar with a lid. The chia pudding must be shaken, not stirred, to avoid developing lumps. Do not use a bowl and fork, as it sets with lumps ~ trust me, I’ve done it many times. I use a pint ball jar with a plastic lid or metal lid, and that does the trick.

Part of the reason for this is that ALL of the chia must meet liquid all at once. When you stir the chia in the liquid using a fork, some of the chia get exposed to the liquid, and some still remain at the top, dry. It also takes forever to incorporate well. Therefore, this leads to uneven expansion of the chia. I know this sounds rather scientific and elaborate, but just trust me. Use a jar (I just use a pint jar with a plastic lid). Do not use a bowl and fork.

Side note: how do you know you’ve done it right? Completely for fun, if you turn the jar over onto a bowl in the morning, the whole mixture should pop right out leaving the jar clean. It’s highly satisfying too 🙂

Fruit Add-Ins

I usually add fruit to my chia pudding when it comes time to eat it in the morning. Here are some lovely choices:

• Fresh blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, raspberries
• Defrosted mixed berries
• Stewed berries
• Bananas
• Pineapple
• Papaya and lime
• Peaches, nectarines, and stone fruit (poached or raw)
• Kiwi
• Grapes
• Oranges, clementines, kumquats
• Do not use grapefruit or any melon: melon digests quickly but the chia slows the process, creating fermentation (doesn’t do the belly good!). Grapefruit just doesn’t taste the best with this chia pudding.

Protein Add-Ins

I love adding in a little extra protein to my chia puddings, since they don’t contain much protein as they are. Here are some of my favorite choices:

A handful of hazelnuts, almonds, walnuts, Brazil nuts, etc.

Almond butter or peanut butter

Cashew or coconut yogurt

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